Feelings in History: Ancient and Modern

Ramsay MacMullen

ISBN 10: 1479379832 / ISBN 13: 9781479379835

Edité par CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G1479379832I4N00

Synopsis :

We can apply to our reading of history the same powers of mind that we bring to novels. That is the idea of the book, to enrich our understanding of motivation -- the Why of history. Ancient writers knew this. That can be shown in detail. Modern psychology supports the idea. And the idea can be illustrated out of modern historians. An example: how a specific big event, abolition, developed out of feelings which any reader must share and, sharing, must understand better.

Présentation de l'éditeur: We can apply to our reading of history the same powers of mind that we bring to novels. That is the idea of the book, to enrich our understanding of motivation -- the Why of history. Ancient writers knew this. That can be shown in detail. Modern psychology supports the idea. And the idea can be illustrated out of modern historians. An example: how a specific big event, abolition, developed out of feelings which any reader must share and, sharing, must understand better.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Feelings in History: Ancient and Modern
Éditeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Date d'édition : 2012
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Very Good
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket